Christian Lindner is the Business Unit Manager of Engineering at Axpo Grid AG, where he has worked since 2009. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), specialising in energy and high-voltage technology, and an Executive MBA from the University of Zurich. He has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector, with extensive expertise in high-voltage technology, electrical grid infrastructure, engineering, research and development, and asset lifetime management.
Throughout his career, he has held senior technical and management positions at major energy technology companies, including ABB and Alstom. At Alstom T&D France, he served as Vice President of R&D and Director of the Research Centre, overseeing 320 engineers across four countries and leading the development of high-voltage technologies. Previously, he held several leadership roles at ABB, focusing on high-voltage circuit breakers, substation technologies, alternative energy sources and distributed generation.
In his current role at Axpo Grid AG, he oversees engineering, consulting, asset lifetime management, and the planning and implementation of high-voltage grid infrastructure projects, covering substations and transmission lines from 50 kV to 380 kV. He is also President of FKH, the Swiss high-voltage technology research and testing organisation, and a member of the Swiss National Committee of CIGRE. In addition, he has contributed to international technical working groups, certification activities and industry standardisation initiatives. His expertise is reflected in several patents, technical publications and international presentations on high-voltage technologies.